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RxTimes has a new look! Check out the recent RxTimes online publication. Darius Randeria, VP of Staffing with AHS PharmStat is on the front page with his latest article, Resume Time. Click here to read Resume Time article.Read more

Imagine you have just taken your mother to an assisted living facility and have identified the 14 prescription vials stored in various places around her former home. Or, you have suddenly contracted a terrible cough that is preventing the sleep you so desperately need. What do you do? To whom do you turn? Pharmacists standRead more

Independent pharmacies in 2009 generally were able to withstand the pummeling of a major recession, the growing influence of government healthcare programs, declining prescription drug reimbursements and an ongoing battle with pharmacy benefit managers, the National Community Pharmacists Association reported Monday. The NCPA unveiled its 2010 NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health, during its 112thRead more

Pharmacy technicians are the professionals on the front lines of the pharmacy who bring passion, dedication and commitment every day in providing patients the medications they need. They are the glue that holds the pharmacy together. They are the pulse that keeps the pharmacy beating. and on behalf of patients and pharmacy professionals across America,Read more

Seven months after President Obama signed the massive health-reform bill into law, Americans remain deeply divided over the controversial overhaul and its potential benefits, a new poll from the Associated Press and the GfK Group revealed. In a mid-October survey of 1,501 adults, AP-Gfk found the nation evenly split over whether the law should beRead more

Do you have what it takes to be a Recruiter? Are you driven, self-motivated, and have previous selling experience? Edmond based AHS PharmStat is looking for someone with previous selling experience and a two year or better University degree. If that is you, send your resume to: [email protected] or call 405.509.6200.Read more

When Bill Harbester started as a stock boy at a local drug store, pharmacists had little interaction with customers. “A lot of people think all we do is put pills into bottles,” he said. But with more new drugs on the market and a shift in how — and where — common medical treatments areRead more

“I’ll take drug advice from my MD, thanks,” was the title of a letter to the editor published in a recent issue of the Des Moines Register. The letter was a wake-up call for the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA), which urged its pharmacists to educate their patients about the benefits of medication therapy management (MTM).Read more

It’s a ruling that could bolster the retail pharmacy industry’s long campaign to extend full freedom of choice to prescription customers serving in the nation’s armed forces: The Department of Defense has told drug manufacturers to extend the same discounts for prescription drugs sold at retail that the military gets for medicines dispensed through baseRead more

The drumbeat in support of an expanded, universally recognized role for pharmacists in helping patients successfully manage their drug therapy is getting steadily louder. The latest note of support comes from the chief voice of the nation’s physician community, the Journal of the American Medical Association. In an Oct. 13 article, JAMA points to communityRead more